Wasgamuwa National Park spans Central and North Central Provinces in Sri Lanka and it is considered an important habitat for swamp elephants.
Wasgamuwa National Park W asgamuwa National Park (Sinhala: වස්ගමුව ජාතික වනෝද්යානය; Tamil: வஸ்கமுவை தேசிய வனம்) is a national park that spans Central and North Central Provinces, Sri Lanka. It is considered an important habitat in the country for swamp elephants ( Elephas maximus ceylonensis ), a subspecies of Sri Lankan elephants ( Elephas maximus maximus ). History This area was originally a gaming sanctuary in about 1907 and was protected from February 1938 as a reserve (Green, 1990; Padmalal et al, 1998). It was then founded as a national park in two phases, with Lots I and II notified on 7 August 1984 and Lot III on 25 January 1980 (Green, 1990). Physical Features The total area of the park is 37,063 ha and it is bounded by the Mahaweli Ganga river to the east, by Amban Ganga to the west and north and by Dunuwila Oya to the south (Green, 1990). Flood Plain National Park lies immediately to the northeast downstream from Wasgamuwa. You may want to read this post: Buduruwayaya The climate of the park area is tropical…
